Symantec Assigned Three Patents

Distributing volume status information in storage system

Symantec Operating, Mountain View, CA, has been assigned a patent (8,359,429) developed by four co-inventors for a "system and method for distributing volume status information in a storage system."

The co-inventors are Gopal Sharma, San Jose, CA, Richard Gorby, Portland, OR, Santosh S. Rao, Santa Clara, CA, and Aseem Asthana, Sunnyvale, CA.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "System and method for distributing volume status information in a storage system. According to one embodiment, a system may include a plurality of volumes configured to store data, where the volumes are configured as mirrors of one another, and a plurality of hosts configured to access the plurality of volumes. A first one of the plurality of hosts may be configured to execute a mirror recovery process and to maintain a progress indication of the mirror recovery process, and the first host may be further configured to distribute the progress indication to another one or more of the plurality of hosts."

The patent application was filed on Nov. 8, 2004 (10/983,876).

Restricting access to object-based storage

Symantec Corp., Mountain View, CA, has been assigned a patent (8,341,370) developed by Shriram Wankhade, Pune, India, for "restricting access to object based storage."

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method, in one embodiment, can include a server receiving a message to deactivate a partition key of an object based storage system. A token of the object based storage system is signed by the partition key. The object based storage system includes the server. Additionally, after receiving the message, the server can deactivate the partition key to block access to a partition of the object based storage system by a client. The server includes the partition."

The patent application was filed on Nov. 16, 2009 (12/619,495).

Storage configurator for determining
optimal storage configuration for application

Symantec Operating, Mountain View, CA, has been assigned a patent (8,347,058) developed by Margaret E. Knight, Seattle, WA, and Ron S. Vogel, San Jose, CA, for a "storage configurator for determining an optimal storage configuration for an application."

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method for automatically (i.e., programmatically) determining a storage configuration for a storage system for a given application. The method may receive information on existing storage capabilities in the storage system and information regarding the software application that will use the storage system. The method may then automatically determine a storage configuration for the storage system based on the existing storage capabilities in the storage system, the information regarding the application, and application specific rules about storage configuration principles of the application. The rule may comprise priority information that specifies a priority in application of the rules, e.g., a structure or list of storage types in order of priority for different application data types."

The patent application was filed on Oct. 19, 2005 (11/253,501).